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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My issue is bike lanes that are visually obstructed (eg it is behind a bus stop so not visible to cars) and so when a car is turning right they can't see the bike coming. If it is an e-bike it will get there too fast for the driver to see it and stop in time. [/quote] If a car can't see far enough to make sure that a turn is clear then the car shouldn't make the turn. Where did you learn to drive?[/quote]

That might be true.  But if you're riding your e-bike with your toddler in the seat, and you're hit by a car doing what they shouldn't be doing, you can still end up with a dead toddler.  [/quote]

I watch for turning cars when riding my bike. Toddlers die in cars every day. More than bikes by a huge margin so you are being irrational. [/quote]

You need to compare rates since bike riders are rare.

https://www.cdc.gov/pedestrian-bike-safety/about/bicycle-safety.html

[quote]Bicycle trips make up 1% of all trips in the United States.2 However, bicyclists account for 2-3% of people who die in a crash involving a motor vehicle on US roads.[/quote][/quote]
+1. Fatality rates by miles traveled is far higher on bicycles. I am very pro-bicycle — even though I only travel by foot, car, or scooter — but I often am shocked by how some parents cycle with their kids. I don’t even have a problem sharing the sidewalk with cyclists who are courteous, slow, and give way to pedestrians if there is no safe bike lane. More people should cycle, we should all be given safe ways to cycle, and everyone should be lobbying for incredibly safe routes to schools/daycares. But parents also need to exercise common sense.[/quote]

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